Dist::Z...Scanner(3)

✨ NAME ✨

Dist::Zilla::Role::PrereqScanner — the role that literally goes and sniffs out your prereqs from your modules so you don't have to 🕵️♀️💅

(this is the page for Dist::Z...Scanner(3), from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — yes the header abbreviates it, we don't talk about that 💀)

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 6.040

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🦋 PERL VERSION 🦋

Okay so bestie, this module should work on any version of perl still receiving updates from the Perl 5 Porters. What does that mean fr fr? It means any version of perl released in the last two to three years. (Like, if the most recently released version is v5.40, then this module should work on both v5.40 and v5.38.) No cap.

And like… it may work on older versions of perl, but no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased. The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl. So don't come for her 🙈

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👑 ATTRIBUTES 👑

🎀 finder

This is the name of a FileFinder whose files will be scanned to determine runtime prerequisites. The way that you can specify it multiple times? Iconic. The default value is ":InstallModules" and ":ExecFiles".

🎀 test_finder

Just like finder, but for test-phase prerequisites. The default value is ":TestFiles".

🎀 configure_finder

Just like finder, but for configure-phase prerequisites. There is no default value — and listen, AutoPrereqs will not determine configure-phase prerequisites unless you set configure_finder. So set it or don't, but she's not gonna guess for you 💅

🎀 develop_finder

Just like <finder>, but for develop-phase prerequisites. The default value is ":ExtraTestFiles".

🎀 skips

This is an arrayref of regular expressions, derived from all the skip lines in the configuration. Any module names matching any of these regexes will not be registered as prerequisites. Ghosted, basically 👻

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Dist::Zilla::Plugin::AutoPrereqs.

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💖 CREDITS 💖

The role was provided by Olivier Mengué (DOLMEN) and Philippe Bruhat (BOOK) at Perl QA Hackathon 2016 — though ngl it's just a refactor of the AutoPrereqs plugin. Still ate tho 🫶

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <cpan@semiotic.systems>

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🎀 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🎀

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Ricardo SIGNES.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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That's the whole vibe check, bestie — this was page Dist::Z...Scanner(3), shipped with perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-10-19. Slay, go scan some prereqs 💖✨🌸